🎧 PART 2 — COMPANION | The Wrong Words Podcast
Companion: more than a date-night sidekick — it’s bread, breath, burden, and benchmark. In Part 2, Oliver Marcelle and Luon Dungee dig into the origin words (Latin, Old French, Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic) and push the conversation past cute definitions into the hard questions: What does it mean to share your bread with another? When does companionship become compartmentalized convenience? And how much of our “companionship” is actually conditioned by pain, work, ego, or culture?
🧠In this episode, we explore:
The Latin root companionem — “one who shares bread” — and why sharing a meal is the most intimate act
Old French / Greek / Hebrew / Aramaic angles: companion vs. associate vs. comrade
How modern life, compartmentalization, and ambition reshape companionship (and create substitutes like porn, paid company, polyamory)
The difference between true comrade (ride-or-die) and conditional associates
đź“š We unpack:
Why “sharing bread” points to sustenance — not just food, but what sustains life (time, safety, dignity)
Associate vs. companion: when the label matters and when it’s watering down a standard
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 — two are better than one: what it costs and what it means when one falls
Why being a companion requires work, boundaries, and refusal to be a doormat
đź’Ą Key moments include:
The “share your bread” revelation — companionship as life-sustenance, not convenience
The plywood/bolt analogy — what actually keeps two people together when life jiggles the joint
A clear callout: companionship isn’t permission for abuse — being a companion doesn’t mean being a doormat
Real talk on modern fixes (compartmentalization, polyamory, transactional substitutes) and their risks
🛠️ You’ll walk away with:
A sharper test to decide who truly deserves the companion label
Language for boundary-setting that still honors comradery (not control)
A new lens for spotting when you’re trading deep companionship for temporary fixes
Permission to reassign companionship — keep what sustains you, ditch what drains you
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đź“Š POLL QUESTION: When you hear companion, what comes to mind?
A) Champion
B) Associate
C) Sustenance
D) Conditional
👇 Vote on Spotify and drop a comment — who (or what) is your companion right now, and does it deserve the title?
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